Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the offer price and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares in the international offering, which was resolved at the meeting of the board of directors of Pioneer held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the amount to be paid and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares through the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (hereinafter "Mitsubishi Chemical"; and the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Chemical shall be referred to as the "Third-party Allotment"), which was resolved at the meeting of its board of directors held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

Pioneer Corporation (hereinafter "Pioneer") hereby announces that it has determined today the amount to be paid and other matters relating to the issuance of new shares through the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (hereinafter "Mitsubishi Electric"; and the third-party allotment to Mitsubishi Electric shall be referred to as the "Third-party Allotment"), which was resolved at the meeting of its board of directors held on February 9, 2010. Details are provided below.

ALEXANDRIA, VA—A former science teacher at Cedar Lee Middle School was convicted today of producing child pornography by filming himself engaging in sexual activity with a student. The teacher—Scott Christopher Howe, 34, of Fauquier County, Va.—faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 4, 2010.

HOUSTON—A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christopher McCullough, 47, with interstate transportation of stolen property in connection with his alleged embezzlement of more than $3 million, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. McCullough, currently of Frederic, Colo., and formerly of Houston, allegedly committed the offense while serving as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of LJA Engineering (LJA).

KANSAS CITY, KN—Paul G. Rayford, 33, Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty to an attempted bank robbery that was prevented by FBI agents who locked the bank doors to keep the robbers out, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today. He also pleaded guilty to one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Fujitsu today announced that it has completed joint development of a new supercomputer system with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The new supercomputer system went operational today.

SAN FRANCISCO—On March 5, 2010, Charles W. McCall was sentenced to 10 years in prison following his convictions for four counts of securities fraud and one count of circumventing internal accounting controls at a public company, First Assistant United States Attorney David L. Anderson announced.

BIRMINGHAM—U.S. District Judge Inge P. Johnson today sentenced one of two men involved in a July 29 car bombing at a home in Parrish to 20 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance announced.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. began sales throughout Japan of an all-new automobile driving simulator, which underwent a full model change, developed for the purpose of traffic safety education.

COLUMBIA, SC—Acting United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald announced today that a three-count felony information has been filed charging ERNEST W. CROMARTIE, II, age 64, of Columbia. The information charges CROMARTIE (who has agreed in a plea agreement filed contemporaneously with the information to waive the presentation of an indictment to a grand jury) with one count of tax evasion, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201, and two counts of structuring monetary transactions to evade reporting requirements, violations of Title 31, United States Code, Sections 5324(a)(3) and 5324(d).

GREENBELT, MD—A federal grand jury has indicted Rolando Alonzo Cousins, a/k/a “Junior,” age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, in connection with a massive mortgage fraud scheme which promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit, but left them homeless and with no equity. The indictment was returned on March 8, 2010. Cousins was arrested today and is scheduled to have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt today at 3:30 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA—Tonya Marie Lord, 39, of Hamburg, PA, was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in prison for stealing $286,000 from a Wachovia Bank in Hamburg, between 2003 and 2009, where she worked as a teller.

TYLER, TX—U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 42-year-old Beckville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas.

McALLEN, TX—County Commissioner Sylvia Sue Handy-Espronceda, 52, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to harbor an illegal alien and to making a false statement on her 2005 tax return, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Handy pleaded guilty late this afternoon before United States District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa.